OREANDA-NEWS. March 28, 2013. To protect the rights of electric power consumers in Sochi, the Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS Russia) agreed upon a draft decree of the Government of the Russian Federation, devised by the Ministry of Energy jointly with FAS Russia. The Decree allows technological connections of physical persons (capacity of energy-receiving devices – up to 15 kW) before and during XXII Winter Olympic Games and XI Winter Paralympic Games 2014 in Sochi, abolishing the current moratorium for this group of consumers.

On 9th July 2012, amendments were made to the Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation “On Approving the Regulations on Specifics of Providing Technical Conditions, Determining the Fee for Technological Connection and Specifics of Technological Connection of Energy-Receiving Devices of Consumers of Electric Power to Network Facilities in Sochi Resort Municipality in the Period of Preparing and Organizing XXII Winter Olympic Games and XI Winter Paralympic Games 2014”, enabling network organizations in Sochi to reschedule concluding contracts to the end of the Olympic Games upon newly filed applications for technological connections. In this connection FAS and the Commission for Technological Connection of Energy-Receiving Devices of Consumers of Electric Power to Network Facilities in Sochi Resort Municipality in the Period of Preparing and Organizing XXII Winter Olympic Games and XI Winter Paralympic Games 2014 (the Commission) are receiving numerous complaints and petitions from physical persons and legal entities. On 19th March 2013 the Commission considered new petitions of legal entities and physical persons against actions of “Kubanenergo” OJSC in technological connection to electric power networks.

The Commission has already held 8 meetings and considered 59 petitions from legal persons and 439 petitions from physical persons.

The Commission was formed under No.341 Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation of 15th May 2010 to guarantee technological connection of Olympic facilities to power supply networks. The Commission includes representatives of FAS Russia, the Federal Tariff Service, the Ministry of Energy, “Olympstroi” State Corporation as well as representatives of Sochi-2014 Steering Committee and Sochi Authority.

The Commission Chairman is Deputy Head of FAS Pavel Subbotin.

The main objective of Commission’s efforts is prompt consideration of unsettled disagreements between network organizations and petitioners emerged in the process of technological connection.